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Other Conventions
Convention Name & Description	Dates & Location	Contact Info
Southern Activist Solidarity Action Camp Activists and concerned individuals of many philosophies will have an excellent opportunity to meet and learn from each other later this May at the second “Action Camp” to be presented by the Radical Education Community. Anyone who is interested in sharing knowledge and information on different causes and strategies for bringing about change in the Southern US is welcome.	May 18-20, 2001 San Marcos, TX	recforaction@yahoo.com
the 3rd Annual Underground Publishing Conference Discussions, presentations, and workshops by and for people who create and participate in the world of alternative media. UPCON2001 is a conference for Zinesters, Activists, Comic Artists, Hackers, Low Power FM Broadcasters, Librarians, Web Designers, Filmmakers, Musicians, Artists, Academics, Street Theorists, Readers and Writers. In other words, YOU!	June 23-24, 2001 Bowling Green, OH	upc2001@hotmail.com
Operation Safe Abortion vs. Operation Save America: Operation Save America, formerly known as Operation Rescue, is coming to Witchita, Kansas to 'end all abortion services'. OSA is the militant wing of the anti-choice movement. In 1991, they brought Wichita to a standstill, limiting abortion services for nearly 7 weeks. There were around 4,000 arrests in 1991. On their website they proclaim, "God commands and is longing for His people to finish the work begun in 1991. Come stand and unashamedly proclaim that Jesus is Lord of Wichita, KS. The work has begun. Seeds have been sown. The trumpets are sounding. Let's Finish It!" Witchita is the home of the last doctor in the United States willing to perform 3rd term abortions. Thousands of women in the Great Plains depend on services provided in Witchita. Operation Save American is planning on mobilizing thousands of activists to do whatever it takes to end access in Witchita. For more information see their website: http://jesusisthestandard.com We are calling on all radical pro-choice activists to converge and show resistance to OSA. There will be a convergence space and radical actions to confront these bigots on the streets. We are going to keep the clinic open and hand the religious right the defeat it deserves. We can provide housing and some food for out-of-town activists. We need militants, escorts, medics, legal observers, & IMC reporters. We are hoping not only to acheive victory, but also to create a temporary radical community of resistance to oppression and tyranny. We invite people going to the Southern Girl Convention to stop in Witchita before heading to Alabama. We need your help!	July 15-21st Wichita, KS July 15-21st Wichita, KS July 15-21st Wichita, KS July 15-21st Wichita, KS July 15-21st Wichita, KS July 15-21st Wichita, KS July 15-21st Wichita, KS July 15-21st Wichita, KS	operationsafeabortion@yahoo.com operationsafeabortion@yahoo.com operationsafeabortion@yahoo.com operationsafeabortion@yahoo.com operationsafeabortion@yahoo.com operationsafeabortion@yahoo.com
Natural Building 7 Day Hands-On Intensive ***Learn How To Cob, Slipstraw & Plaster Your Own Earthen Home*** Join Janell Kapoor, Mollie Curry, Troy Amastar and friends in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We will be completing Dancing Dragonfly Pottery Studio for Troy and her daughter. You can look forward to lots of fun, hard work and learning (3 different earth building techniques and applications) as well as fire, sharing and massage circles, incredible organic food and a rich community experience. Through practical learning by actually doing the building along with instruction, classroom time, slideshow and discussion you will learn enough to build YOUR OWN EARTHEN HOME! $450 for the week includes 3 delicious organic vegetarian meals, camping and materials. Special discounts are available: For every person who registers upon your referral take $45 off your own workshop fee. Some partial barter is still available. (For other workshops take 10% off if you register 2 months in advance, the deadline for this one has passed.) Register early as workshops tend to fill up quickly.	July 14th-21st, 2001 Asheville, N.C.	janell@kleiwerks.com
PAZ: A Conference on Building Permanent Autonomous Zones This is the first annual conference about Permanent Autonomous Zones, a concept named by Hakim Bey and fleshed out by many people in practice. This conference aims to promote the institutions we are creating to provide alternatives to those controlled by government or profit-motivated forces. Examples of a PAZ: non-authoritarian community centers, infoshops, co-ops, pirate/lpfm stations, squats, organizations, etc. Discussions will include how to set up these spaces/organizations/events, how to collectively organize, and how to deal with hostile outside forces. For more info: http://www.infoshop.org/paz	August 31-September 3 (Labor Day weekend) Louisville, KY	pazconf@anonymous.to
Portland Zine Symposium 2001 Old Friends. New Faces. Inspire. Create. Network. Educate. Communicate. Learn. Trade. Share. Underground Community. Now accepting workshop proposals.	July 14-15, 2001 Portland, OR	portlandzinesymposium@hotmail.com
Anti-Capitalist Convergence Against the World Bank / IMF Calling all radical cheerleaders to come join us September 28th through the 4th of October 2001 to protest the World Bank and IMF. Join us at the Anti-Capitalist Convergence to take a stand against sexism, racism, heirarchy, exploitation and oppression! The Anti-Capitalist Convergence is calling for people around the globe to unite using a diversity of tactics to make a statement against globalization and corporate government. We invite you to DC to join us in our fight against capitalism!	September 28-4, 2001 Washington, DC	annieboxred@hotmail.com
SEAC Summer Training Institute The Student Environmental Action Coalition will have its Annual Summer Training Institute at the University of Illinois in Chicago. This week will have three components: Education and Issue Based Workshops - To build an effective coalition we must be committed to learning from one another how all of our struggles are interrelated. Skill Training - Where we will learn and teach the basic elements and strategic planning skills necessary to build a mass-based, diverse, multi-issue movement for social change Movement Building - workshops dedicated to learning how to deal with intra-group problems such as sexism and racism We invite you to DC to join us in our fight against capitalism!	July 28 - August 1, 2001 Chicago, IL	outreach@seac.org